Tag Archive: dried fish

Photo credit: ICSF Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows women selling dried fish in a typical dried fish market in India. The following is a brief review on fish drying in India. According to a recent study (2016), only 6% of fish catch in India is …

Photos’ credit: Photos credit: Aliadoumadji Rimadoum (Chad) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted pictures show the display of smoked/sun-dried fish in Chad in which fish are split in halves, gutted and hanged vertically. According to published surveys on the state of fish processing, about 20% of fish caught in …

Source of the photo: Clifford Gessler, 1937. Dangerous islands Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) This black & white picture was taken in “Lofanga Island” during 1930s. This island (1.4 km2) which belongs to Kingdom of Tonga (South Pacific) is a small coastal community with only of 39 households …

Photo credit: Charles Bernard Makuya (Malawi) Review: Charles Bernard Makuya and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Landed fish in Malawi are marketed in variety of forms including fresh, iced, frozen, smoked, sun-dried or para-boiled before drying. While fresh fish is more popular in villages and towns near the lakes and rivers, …

Video credit: Hisham El Gazzar (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) This video was filmed in the Busan area (South Korea) The video shows the typical process of preparing the mixture of dried seafood that composes seaweed, shrimp and fish. It is obvious that the mixing process in the …

Credit: Medicine Alexander Dazilone (Malawi) This picture was taken in Mangochi, Malawi close to Malawi College of fisheries. Fish sun drying is very common in Malawi and it is a preferred method when processing small sized fish like E. Sardella. Consumers like these smaller sized fish not only because of a method that …

Photo credit: ICSF Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows the fish drying on a fishing vessel in India. Drying fish onboard is becoming popular in India and could be also practiced elsewhere. The dried fish produced in this way is much cleaner and devoid of …

Photo credit: World Fish Center Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Squid is characterized by its high protein, low fat content with a moisture content of about 80%. If not timely consumed and unless proper treatment is applied, squid may undergo rapid spoilage. Salting, smoking, and drying are the frequently …